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NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Salt Lake City on "Utahnics," which some are calling the language of Utah. It's a regional dialect although, as a linguist explains, it contains elements from other regions of the nation. In Utahnics, the words "hawk" and "hock" (as in hamhock) are indistinguishable. Utah natives also say "barn" for "born" and "born" for "barn."

Daniel speaks with Dr Wankulapart Sandywong of the Red Cross Hospital in Bangkok Thailand about a training program he's running in which traffic police are learning how to deliver babies. This is made necessary because traffic in the city is so bad....that mothers in labor often can not make it to the hospital to give birth.

- NPR's Cheryl Devall reports on the mood in Saint Petersburg, Florida today. On Thursday, riots broke out after a white policeman shot and killed and African American he'd pulled over for speeding. A state of emergency was declared yesterday, but the city was calm last night and today.

An ambitious program to keep unemployed youths out of gangs has been started in Pittsburgh. The city created a business to offer an alternative to gangs, with jobs and the chance to improve their neighborhoods. The young people involved also get a chance to run the company. Jonas Chaney of member station WDUQ reports.

Commentator Michael Hood says that Seattle's great reputation as the country's most livable city is deserved. Seattle is Nice! You can even see it in the way the traffic behaves...not to mention in politics, and in the many communities which spring up, celebrating every possible interest group.

between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Arafat, there is still no deal on the future of the West Bank city of Hebron.

- Daniel talks with Robert Dintleman, an electrical power executive in Salt Lake City, about the massive power outage early Sunday that disrupted electricity to at least eighty western states. Dintleman says the exact cause of the outage is not clear, but it appears it was a case of too much demand because of soaring temperatures.

Commentator Lenore Skenazy (skuh-NAY-zee) wonders why so many "educational" kids books and songs are concerned with farm animals and the sounds they make. If your kid is being raised on the 18th floor of a New York City apartment building, what's the relevance of knowing what sound a cow makes?

From Member Station WBNI, Kristen Durst reports Fort Wayne, Indiana is hiding an architectural treasure. A house designed by renowned architect Michael Graves lies outside the city in a state of dilapidation. Yet there is little hope it will ever recapture the grandeur its designer intended.

From WNYC, Beth Fertig reports on New York City's efforts to break up large, low-achieving schools into smaller units. Educators say that smaller schools allow more interaction between educators and students.